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Richard Brian Dipirro DIRECTOR Richard Brian DiPirro DIRECTOR Director of Multi-Camera Television Programs & Events (Partial List) Music & Events Game Shows SPLASH ABC / Eyeworks Series THE $100,000 PYRAMID ABC / Sony Series THE SINGING BEE NBC / The Gurin Company Series WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE Syndicated / ABC-Disney Series DANCE 360 Syndicated / Dance Series DEAL OR NO DEAL NBC / Endemol Series AMERICA’S MOST TALENTED KIDS PAX / Mindless Ent. Music Series THE PRICE IS RIGHT CBS / Fremantle Series THE WADE ROBSON PROJECT Live, MTV / Dance & Music Series BET ON YOUR BABY ABC / FIVE x FIVE / Electus Series FAMILY GAME NIGHT The Hub / Hasbro Studios/ All 3 USA THE POWER OF ONE WB Network / Music Special 1 VS 100 NBC / Endemol Series 18th ANNUAL N.E. EMMY AWARDS Live, NATAS Special SEPARATION ANEXIETY TBS / FIVE x FIVE / Electus Series th 19 ANNUAL N.E. EMMY AWARDS Live, NATAS Special OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS ABC / 3-Ball / Katalyst Series EMMY 20 Live, NATAS Special DEAL OR NO DEAL- CANADA Global / Insight Productions Series GAME SHOW MARATHON CBS / Granada / Fremantle Series SHOW ME THE MONEY ABC / Endemol Series Reality THE HERO - FINALE TNT / 5x5 Media Special SET FOR LIFE ABC / Endemol Series THE BACHELOR ABC / Telepictures Series THE GAME OF LIFE The Hub / Hasbro Productions SPY TV NBC / Endemol Series TIME OUT! Zig Zag Prod. / Yoshimoto / KTV Pilot ANYTHING FOR LOVE Fox / Buccieri Entertainment Series AMERICA’S LUCKIEST Yoshimoto / Pilgrim Studios Pilot CAN’T BUY ME LOVE NBC / Alevy Pilot CELEBRITY FIT CLUB VH-1 / Granada America Series MILLION DOLLAR KID Asylum Entertainment Pilot THAT’S A RECORD NBC / 3-Ball Pilot MATCH GAME TBS / Fremantle Pilot WHO WANTS TO BE GOV OF CA? GSN / Special MAKE ME A MILLIONAIRE Syndicated / 3-Ball Series 100 GREATEST VH-1 / Special LIAR CBS / FremantleMedia / Reveille Pilot A&E TOP 10 A&E / Weller-Grossman Series ROCK IN A HARD PLACE DirecTV / Blaze TV Series TEEN COURT Leeza Gibbons Ent./ Pilot DISTRACTION Comedy Central / Fremantle Series CHANNEL ONE KIII Communications Series STREET SMARTS Syndicated / Telepictures Series WORLD MONITOR Live, Discovery Channel Series LINGO GSN / Laurelwood TV Series 1 ZONE PBS / Series WHAMMY! THE NEW PRESS YOUR LUCK GSN/ Fremantle Series INSIDE OUT WQTV Documentary CHANGE OF HEART Syndicated / Telepictures Series CARD SHARKS Syndicated / Pearson Television Series THE ARREST OF JOE MOLICONE WLNE-TV Documentary CRAM GSN / Mindless Entertainment Series BEAT THE GEEKS Comedy Central / Mindless Ent. Series Talk & Magazine FRIEND OR FOE GSN / Buccieri Ent. Series FLIPPING OUT REUNION Bravo / Authentic Ent. Special STRIP POKER Syndicated / USA Broadcasting Series G•WORD Discovery / Authentic Ent. Series WHO KNOWS THE BAND? MTV / Buccieri Entertainment Series PROPERTY ENVY Bravo / World of Wonder SCRABBLE GSN / Mindless Entertainment Pilot THE NEW MOVIE SHOW Fox Television Studios / Series CASINO King World Intl / Merrill Heeter Pilot ALF’S HIT TALK SHOW Nick@Nite / Series LOVE CONNECTION Next Entertainment / Telepictures Pilot TOM LEYKIS UPN / Telepictures Pilot THE BLAME GAME MTV / Zoo Productions Series WEB RIOT MTV / Pilot THE ROBERT URICH SHOW Buena Vista / Pilot LAWRENCE O’DONNEL SHOW Telepictures/ Pilot Variety & Comedy LATE DATE WITH SUZI Syndicated / Disney Series THE TOM GREEN SHOW MTV / Series THE REAL WORLD REUNION MTV / Bunim-Murry Talk-Show THE X SHOW Fox Television Studios / Series THE LIST VH-1 / Pilot MORTIFIED Comedy Central / Authentic Ent. PEOPLE ARE TALKING THE BASEMENT Fox Kids / Saban Series WITH TOM BERGERON Live, Group W / Talk Series SUZI & KYRSHA Universal Television / Pilot Demonstration Programs INTERIOR MOTIVES Discovery Channel / WG Series SPORTS EXCHANGE SportsChannel America / Series EN FORMA DESDE CALIFORNIA Exercise Video / Popular Arts ESSENTIALS Discovery Networks / Pilot HELP AT HOME HGTV / Weller-Grossman Series PATRIOTS MAGAZINE Ganett Sports / Features Series SECRETS OF HOLLYWOOD Infomercial / Caruso Marketing Executive Producer New England Emmy Awards I Co-EP The Game of Life, Time Out I Supervising Prod. Help at Home Live Major Market News & Talk WBZ-TV, WFXT-TV, WLVI-TV, NECN (Boston), WLNE-TV (Providence), WMTW-TV (Portland) Education B.S. Mass Communications, Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts www.glasstower.com Emmy Nomination .
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